Addictions Counsellor III

Recovery Alberta; Lethbridge; On-site; CAD 57,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Recovery Alberta's Lethbridge Youth Treatment Program is recruiting an Addictions Counsellor III to work with youth aged 12–17 in an in-patient setting. You will provide individual counselling, group sessions, family work, and support to help clients achieve recovery goals, improve mental health, and build coping skills.

Evenings and weekends are required. You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, monitor progress, and adapt treatment plans while offering crisis intervention and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Addictions or related field with coursework in addictions.
• Eligibility for registration under Alberta Health Professions Act (Health Professions Act).
• Authorized to perform restricted psychosocial interventions may be required.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual counselling to youth and families.
• Deliver group counselling sessions.
• Facilitate recreation and community access activities.
• Engage in family work and support client skill development.
• Provide role modeling and supervision to youth and staff.

Skills

Counselling

Client assessment

Crisis intervention

Education

Bachelor's degree in Addictions

Job description

The Lethbridge Youth Treatment Program is looking to recruit an Addictions Counselor III to join our multidisciplinary team who work with young people (12-17) and their families in an in-patient treatment environment. The successful candidate will work in collaboration with their clients, using a recovery model approach, to develop therapeutic goals that mitigate problematic substance use and its impacts as well as improve mental health and individual and family functioning. The ACIII will support clients to identify individualized recovery-based goals that may assist clients to optimize their mental health, develop coping skills, employ relapse prevention and refusal strategies, build resilience and capacity, develop natural and community support, and increase the individual and family’s abilities to navigate recovery. The successful candidate will facilitate individual counselling, provide client care and support, facilitate recreation and community access, engage in family work, deliver group counselling, support client skill development, and provide role modeling and supervision to the youth. They will also collaborate closely with all team members to ensure the delivery of a concurrent and family-centered approach. The position requires evening and weekend work. If you are the kind of individual who enjoys working closely with youth and their families, builds strong therapeutic relationships, and has a powerful desire to support clients and their families to improve overall health and wellbeing--this may be the job for you.

Description:

As an Addiction Counsellor III, you will provide quality, client focused, recovery based and culturally appropriate assessment, treatment, case management, crisis intervention, education and referral services for clients and their families; as well as community stabilization services. You will develop and implement treatment plans and provide a range of interventions which offer least intrusive and most appropriate services to clients and their families. You will also monitor and evaluate client progress and achievement of recovery goals and adapt treatment as needed.As an Addiction Counsellor III, you will depend on your excellent relationship building skills with clients, families, government staff and colleagues.

• Classification: Addictions Counsellor III
• Union: HSAA Prof/Tech
• Unit and Program: LYTC, Mental Health & Addictions
• Primary Location: Youth Addiction Treatment Cntr
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 03-NOV-2026
• Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
• Date Available: 16-NOV-2026
• Temporary End Date: 31-OCT-2027
• Length of Shift in weeks: 5
• Shifts per cycle: 25
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $41.11
• Maximum Salary: $53.07
• Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Provided

• Classification: Addictions Counsellor III
• Union: HSAA Prof/Tech
• Unit and Program: LYTC, Mental Health & Addictions
• Primary Location: Youth Addiction Treatment Cntr
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 03-NOV-2026
• Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
• Date Available: 16-NOV-2026
• Temporary End Date: 31-OCT-2027
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 5
• Shifts per cycle: 25
• Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $41.11
• Maximum Salary: $53.07
• Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Provided

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Addictions or a combination of a bachelor's degree in a related field with course work in addictions. A related degree combined with a diploma related to addictions, or an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.Individuals eligible for registration under the Health Professions Act (Alberta) must maintain active registration.Individuals may require authorization/permission under regulation to perform restricted psychosocial interventions and/or restricted activities.

Additional Required Qualifications:

Class IV license - required within 3 months of hiring date. First Aid, Non-Violent Crisis Intervention and Suicide Intervention.First Aid.Non Violent Crisis Intervention.

Preferred Qualifications:

Any outdoor, watersport or climbing certification. One year experience providing care to Youth in a bed-based care setting. One year experience providing care to individuals with addictions. Preference will be given to those candidates who have previous experience (2 years or more) working with families in an inpatient or outpatient capacity.